# Server Configuration

Use this tab to make changes to the license server settings. After making changes to any configuration settings, click Save to apply the changes. Only users with Administrator privileges can view this page. This tab includes the following sections:

| • | Stop the License Server

| • | Web Server Configuration

| • | Secure Web Server Configuration

| • | License Server Configuration

| • | Logging

| • | User Interface

Stop the License Server

In addition to the above sections, the Server Configuration tab contains the Stop Server button, unless this option has been disabled. Clicking the Stop Server button will shut down the license server manager (lmadmin) and all vendor daemons. You cannot restart the license server from the lmadmin interface. You must restart the license server directly.

The Stop Server button can be removed by setting the lmadmin command line argument -allowStopServer to No. See the License Administration Guide for instructions.

Web Server Configuration

Specify basic configuration information for the license server and view the application log.

| • | HTTP Port: The TCP/IP port that the web server uses to listen for communication with clients connecting to the license server management interface. If you change the port, you must stop and restart the license server. (The port number may be up to 5 digits in length.) The default HTTP Port is 8090.]

| • | Maximum Number of Web Server Threads: The maximum number of threads the Web server uses to process HTTP requests. Specify a large number if you expect many users to simultaneously access the license server management interface through the HTTP port. (The number of threads may be up to 3 digits in length.)]

| • | Session Timeout (in minutes): When a user is inactive for the number of minutes specified in this field, the session expires. The Sign In dialog appears and prompts the user to enter their user name and password. Although it is not possible to completely prevent the session from expiring, the maximum value for this field, 99999, is 69 days, 10 hours, 39 minutes. (The value may be up to 5 digits in length.)

Secure Web Server Configuration

The settings available in this section allow you to configure HTTP-over-SSL (HTTPS) communication with the lmadmin web server interface. Before configuring these properties, you must generate or obtain the following files:

| • | Your signed SSL certificate

| • | Your private key

| • | The certificate chain file (required only if you plan to use a certificate chain)

Contact your site system administrator if you are unsure about how to obtain these files. Make sure these files are available in the correct directory on the system where the license server is running. (The default location for these files is the conf directory in your lmadmin installation directory.)

Configure the following properties to enable HTTPS communication, and then click Save. The required fields are identified in the license server manager interface with an asterisk (*).

Note: Values that require a directory and file name can be defined as either the absolute path or the relative path from the license server root directory.

| • | Enable HTTPS: Select this check box to enable communication using HTTPS between the lmadmin web server and browser client. If you change this selection, you must stop and restart the license server.

| • | HTTPS Port: Define the TCP/IP port that the lmadmin web server uses to listen for HTTPS communication (five characters, maximum). If you change the port, you must stop and restart the license server.

| • | Certificate File: Enter the directory location and file name of the signed SSL certificate.

| • | Certificate Key File: Enter the directory location and file name of the key file.

| • | Certificate Chain File: If you are implementing a certificate chain, enter the directory location and file name of the certificate chain file.

| • | Redirect Non-Secure Web Access to Secure Web Access: Select this check box to allow a browser to be automatically redirected to the configured HTTPS port, even if the end user attempts to access the lmadmin web server using the HTTP port. If you change this selection, you must stop and restart the license server.

License Server Configuration

| • | License Server Manager Port: Specify the port that lmadmin uses to listen for communication. If you select Use Default Port, the license server chooses a port between 27000 and 27009 when it starts. You can also define a fixed port. The System Information page displays the actual port that the license server manager is using. (The port value may be up to 5 digits in length.)

Note: For security purposes, best practice is not to use a default port number. Instead, define a fixed port number that is outside of the 27000 and 27009 range.

| • | Maximum Number of License Server Manager Processing Threads: Specify the maximum number of processing threads the license server manager uses to receive requests. (The number may be up to 3 digits in length.)

| • | Maximum Number of License Server Manager Receive Threads: Specify maximum number of threads the license server manager uses to process requests. (The number may be up to 3 digits in length.)

Managing Server Performance

Requests come in to the license server through a listener port. All communication must be accepted by an acceptance thread. If the message is accepted, a receive thread handles it and then a processing thread processes it. To improve license server performance when receiving a large number of requests, you can configure the maximum number of receive threads and of processing threads to use. The optimal values needed for acceptable license server performance are dependent on the hardware, the site configuration, and the request volume. You should test and evaluate different values to determine the configuration that meets your site’s needs.

Logging

| • | Log Level: Define the type of information recorded in the license server log. There are four options: Error, Information, Warning, and None. Leave this property set to Information (the default value) unless instructed by support personnel to change it to aid in troubleshooting your system.

| • | View file externally: Displays the most recent 200 lines of the license server manager log in a separate browser window.

User Interface

| • | License Models Displayed in Dashboard: Enables you to control which license types (Concurrent, Activatable, or both) are displayed in the Dashboard. This configuration affects all users signed in to the license server management interface. Select an option, and then click Save. Configuration changes take effect immediately. Users who are currently signed in will see the change when they refresh the Dashboard.

| • | Password Protect Dashboard: When selected, users must sign in to access the Dashboard. To allow unsecured access to the Dashboard, leave this option cleared. (Unsecured Dashboard access is the default behavior.) Users must always sign in to access Administration features.

| • | Default User Locale: When the license server is configured to use multiple languages, a menu is available to select the default locale used when displaying the license server management interface. If only English is configured, the Default User Locale menu is not present.

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